The science of toxicology uses high dose short-term
exposure on various animals to predict the affect of low dose long-term exposure
on humans. Chemical exposure risk greatly increases with, close contact, and
length of exposure. For an infant born today this exposure on a mattress will be
eight or more hours per day, every day, for the next seventy years or more.

Boric Acid, a chemical made from the reaction of Sulfuric
Acid and Borax, should not be confused with Boron salts that occur in nature.
Boric acid is the raw stuff. It occurs in nature in only one place in the world
-- A steam vent in Italy where Sulfuric Acid mixes with Borax. (Microsoft
Encarta)

This mattress cutaway shows how Boric Acid is used in
mattresses. The layer at the surface is fluffy cotton batting treated with Boric
Acid and Antimony. The layer next to the springs is compressed cotton batting treated with
Boric Acid and Antimony. The law label tells us the mattress contains: 47% Urethane Foam,
39% Blended Cotton, 13% Polyester Fiber. By weighing the cotton batting in
the mattress and assuming 10% Boric Acid by weight, Boric Acid treated
mattresses would contain the following amount of Boric Acid in each mattress:

Amount of Boric Acid in Mattresses by Size

Size

Pounds

Ounces

Grams

Miligrams

King

1.8

29

824

824,000

Queen

1.5

23

659

659,000

Full

1.2

20

553

553,000

Twin

0.9

14

386

386,000

Crib

0.5

7

202

201,600

Fatal Human Dose: 2g Child, 5g Adult

Chronic exposure increases risks

Here is how Boric Acid is applied to cotton batting: “Generally
applied in the mixing machine prior to garneting, boric acid is introduced to
the cotton fibers along with a small amount of oil and chemical surfactant. To
further achieve even distribution and adherence to the fibers, the boric acid is
ground to a very fine consistency prior to application. … Applied as a white
powder, boric acid is inorganic and is odorless.” (NCBI) Thus you can see Boric
Acid is not chemically bound and exists as loose dust in the surface of our
mattresses. As the mattress gets older and oils dry out even more Boric Acid
will kick up into our faces with every body movement for us to breathe and
absorb.

Boric
Acid, also known as the best Roach Killer, is a known reproductive and developmental
toxin, a
known respiratory irritant, Demonstrated injury to the gonads and to the
developing fetus. high prenatal mortality, Neonatal children are unusually
susceptible. There are already 6,463 U.S. cases of Boric Acid poisoning each
year.
Our
calculations show young children could be poisoned by sucking on boric acid
mattresses. One human exposure study showed reduced sperm counts and reduced
sexual activity in humans. Fatal human single dose reported at: 2g Child, 5g
Adult.
Prolonged absorption causes weight loss, vomiting, diarrhea, skin rash,
convulsions and anemia. Liver and particularly the kidneys may be susceptible.
Causes irritation to the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract. May be
absorbed from the mucous membranes, and depending on the amount of exposure
could result in the development of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, drowsiness, rash,
headache, fall in body temperature, low blood pressure, renal injury, cyanosis,
coma, and death.

These mattresses also
contain Antimony. The CPSC extraction studies show cotton batting flame
proofing systems contain 2.4% Antimony. Based on cotton batting weights
measured above mattresses would contain the following amounts of Antimony:

Amount of Antimony in Mattresses by Size

Size

Pounds

Ounces

Grams

Miligrams

King

0.6

10

272

271,920

Queen

0.5

8

217

217,470

Full

0.4

7

182

182,490

Twin

0.3

5

127

127,380

Crib

0.2

2

67

66,528

CPSC says we will absorb .8 mg nightly for the rest of our lives

EPA says only .03 mg safe--Mattresses Toxic by 27X safe level

And, we will likely absorb much more than they predict

Most government agencies
say there is no safe level of Antimony absorption.

By assuming, without
data, that we will absorb only 2/1,000's of Antimony and 9/100,000's of
Boric Acid, that has leached through our mattress and is in contact with our
bodies, the CPSC says we will absorb a daily dose of .802 mg Antimony and
.083 mg Boric Acid, every day for the rest of our lives. Of course, the
real number could be much higher. Many people don't want to absorb any
poison from their mattress and would rather take the one in one million
mattress fire risk.

Antimony: Quote from College
Chemistry Textbook:“Antimony
resembles Arsenic very closely;the difference
in its behavior being almost entirely accounted for by the fact that
antimony is slightly more metallic.” This helps explain why it is so
poisonous. Quotes from ATSDR a division of the CDC on Antimony: “An increase
in the number of spontaneous abortions, disturbances in menstruation,
failure to conceive, May cause heart to beat irregularly or stop. … Chronic
Exposure: Prolonged or repeated exposure may damage the liver and the heart
muscle." “In long-term studies, animals that breathed very low levels of
antimony had eye irritation, hair loss, lung damage, and heart problems.
Problems with fertility were also noted.” "Two studies reported lung tumors
in rats exposed to relatively low levels of antimony trioxide." Antimony
tends to accumulate in the liver and gastrointestinal tract.” The CDC cannot
determine a safe level of Antimony exposure because: “At the lowest exposure
levels tested, the adversity of the effects was considered to be serious.”
On cancer risks of Antimony even the CPSC admits: “The cancer effects are
cumulative. Every exposure contributes to the overall lifetime risk of
developing cancer.”

CPSC predicts we will
absorb 27 times more Poison every night from mattresses (.8 mg Antimony)
than what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says is safe (.03
mg), and it is likely we will absorb much more than they predict. In
predicting we will absorb .8 mg nightly the CPSC assumed, without data, that
we will absorb only 2/1,000's of the Antimony that has leached to the
surface and contacts our bodies. We know we absorb medicine through our skin
from small patches. Studies from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) show
six to eight skin applications of Antimony Trioxide, the exact form used in
mattresses, applied in a mixture to resemble sweat killed half the rabbits
studied.